OBIT: Joseph CASEY, 1891, Blair County, PA

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Almost Instantly Killed.

  As is usual when a freight train pulls out from Twenty-fourth street, 
a number of strangers took passage yesterday.  This is one of the 
things which the company is powerless to prevent, as the number of men 
who beat their way over the road is always in excess of the crew of the 
train.  Among those who jumped on train drawn by extra 1123 yesterday 
was a man named Joseph Casey.  When Bennington was reached he attempted 
to jump off, but in doing so slipped and fell to the rails beneath.  He 
was terribly mangled from the middle of the body down and only lived 
long enough to tell his name and that Massachusetts was his native 
state.  It was first intended to take him to Gallitzin for medical 
treatment, but he died before that station was reached.  Then his body 
was placed on mail express and brought to Altoona, where it was placed 
in charge of Undertaker Arthur.  Coroner Poet was notified but did not 
deem it necessary to hold an inquest.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Saturday, February 14, 1891